INI100H1 Lecture Notes - Soviet Montage Theory, Vladimir Lenin, Gerasimov Institute Of Cinematography
12 Feb 2013
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Lecture structure: introduction: comparing germany and russia i) underdeveloped film industry prior to crucial developments ii) necessity for government intervention iii) centrality of a few key institutions. : we will only cover i)-iii) in this lecture] iv) influential role of a dominant art movement v) decline linked to changes in political climate: the state of the pre-revolutionary industry, government action i) nep. 4) the vgik and lev kuleshov"s workshop i) kuleshov and montage. The parallels that exist between the german and soviet national cinemas will be used to structure today"s lecture. A central difference between the german cinema of the weimar period and the soviet cinema of the pre-stalin revolutionary era is the importance of theory to the development of the latter(the soviet cinema). Domestic companies began to emerge around 1907 (e. g. drankov). The first domestic company by alexander drankov. The success of drankov"s productions prompted a shift where foreign companies attracted soviet audiences.
